Johann Friedrich Doles, Jr. and his father met Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Leipzig in 1789, and Mozart granted their request for a musical autograph in the form of two three-voice canons.
Compositional Technique
Doles' keyboard sonatas are representative of the galanter Stil, a style characteristic of keyboard music from the second and third quarters of the eighteenth century.
Recording & Production
The fortepiano used for this recording is a 1987 instrument by Michael Walker, Neckargemünd, Germany, modeled after an Anton Walter fortepiano from Vienna, 1795.
Compositional Technique
Sonata III by Johann Friedrich Doles, Jr. includes two scherzi, which are uniquely jocular and an uncommon feature for late-eighteenth-century keyboard music, especially their back-to-back pairing.
Composition History
These six keyboard sonatas are the only known instrumental works by Johann Friedrich Doles, Jr., and the only compositions of his ever to be published.
Composer Biography
Johann Friedrich Doles, Jr. received his earliest musical instruction from his father, Johann Friedrich Doles, Sr., an estimable composer, organist, and conductor who had studied with J.S. Bach.
Interpretation
This world premiere recording features Jenny Soonjin Kim performing Doles' sonatas on a fortepiano, the instrument for which the composer probably intended them.
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